Young Turks host Cenk Uygur mockingly “agreed” on Wednesday with Indiana Gov. Mike Pence’s (R) philosophy regarding getting people off of federal benefits — but Uygur had different people in mind for that approach....

A Massachusetts town on Wednesday stubbed out a proposal that apparently would have made it the first in the United States to ban tobacco sales, a newspaper reported. The proposal in Westminster, a town of about 7,300 people 60 miles (97 km)...

Comedian Jay Leno canceled an appearance for a gun lobbyists’ group after pressure from an advocacy group formed in the wake of the 2012 mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, Mother Jones reported. “I understand it’s Newtown,...

Republican governors huddling in Florida on Wednesday warned fellow conservatives in Washington against shutting down the U.S. government in response to President Barack Obama’s expected move to ease immigration policy. Obama’s plan...

A group of seniors in Sullivan, Missouri was criticized after donning blackface for an intramural football game, which their principal said fueled a misunderstanding, the Riverfront Times reported. “I thought, ‘Oh, they don’t...

The University of California would raise tuition by more than 25 percent over five years under a plan passed on Wednesday by a committee of the system’s governing board, a move strongly opposed by Democratic Governor Jerry Brown. The full...

A federal judge struck down a Montana ban on gay marriage on Wednesday, saying that it violates the U.S. Constitution, the American Civil Liberties Union of Montana said. U.S. District Judge Brian Morris overturned an amendment to the...

A dispute involving vaccination guidelines led to an 8-year-old Long Island girl to be kicked out of school amid questions from her mother, WCBS-TV reported on Tuesday. Officials at Laddie A. Decker Sound Beach School at expelled third-grader...

Michael Wolff, noted lunch-goer and analinguist to the rich and powerful, recently took a date to a party which went horribly wrong for other party-goers and he wants you to know that he barely even knows that dick he brought along who is out...

Medical marijuana advocate Tommy Chong on Wednesday told four Fox News hosts their current obsession with an MIT economist over his comments about President Barack Obama’s health care law was similar to the network’s coverage of...

An Oklahoma City police officer accused of sexually assaulting 13 women while on duty will face trial for 35 felony counts including rape and sexual assault, court officials said on Wednesday. If convicted, Daniel Holtzclaw, 27, could face life...

UPDATE: Right After I published the post below, Don Lemon went on TV to apologize for his question: “As I am a victim myself I would never want to suggest that any victim could have prevented a rape. If my question to her struck anyone as...

NBC canceled an upcoming project with veteran comedian Bill Cosby, the network said on Wednesday, after accusations that he sexually assaulted women resurfaced in recent weeks. “We can confirm that the Cosby project is no longer in...

For people who think they’re smarter than everyone else, libertarians sure can be narrow-minded, simplistic thinkers. That’s the most relevant lesson after following this asinine injection of libertarian “thought” into...